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SBI Holdings Seen Investing in Tohoku Bank

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2025/08/19

Major Japanese online financial service group SBI Holdings Inc. is in talks on forming a capital and business tie-up with Tohoku Bank, which is mainly operating in Iwate Prefecture, part of the Tohoku northeastern Japan region, it has been learned.

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00:12

Japanese Manufacturers Relocating Headquarters

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2025/08/19

Toshiba Corp., Fujitsu Ltd. and other major Japanese manufacturers are relocating their headquarters functions from central Tokyo to elsewhere in the country in response to the spread of remote work.

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00:14

Rakuten Mobile Gets Administrative Guidance over...

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2025/08/19

Japan's communications ministry has given administrative guidance to Rakuten Mobile Inc. over a substantial delay in its reporting of a case in which its mobile phone service system was illegally accessed, leading to leaks of personal information.

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00:10

Defense Ministry Seen Seeking Record 8.8-T.-Yen Budget

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2025/08/19

Japan's Defense Ministry plans to submit a fiscal 2026 budget request totaling a record 8.8 trillion yen, informed sources said Tuesday.

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00:10

Putin Issues Statement on WWII Soviet Attack on Japan

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2025/08/19

Russian President Vladimir Putin has released a statement on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet attack on a then Japanese island after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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00:10

Japanese Suspected of Ordering Killings of 2...

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2025/08/19

Philippine police said Tuesday that a Japanese national living in Japan is highly likely to have ordered the fatal shootings of two Japanese men in Manila last week.

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00:14

Tohoku Electric to Halt Onagawa N-Plant Reactor

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2025/08/19

Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that it will suspend operations of the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, from around Thursday to replace faulty equipment.

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00:13

LDP Begins Talks on Possible Early Leadership Poll

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2025/08/19

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday began discussions on whether to hold a party leadership election ahead of schedule, which would effectively recall its current leader, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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00:16

Pachinko Parlor Worker Arrested in Robbery Case

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2025/08/19

Police in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, arrested a 23-year-old pachinko parlor employee on Tuesday over a robbery case in which the employee allegedly opened the parlor's safe while pretending to be threatened to do so by a 19-year-old accomplice.

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00:14

Junglia Opens with Hope of Revitalizing Northern Okinawa

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2025/08/19

Junglia Okinawa, a large-scale nature-themed amusement park, opened in the northern Yanbaru region of Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on July 25 with the aim of revitalizing the local economy and tourism.

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00:10

Japan to Extend Deadline for Stockpiled Rice Sales

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2025/08/19

Japan's agriculture ministry has decided to extend the deadline for selling government-stockpiled rice released under discretionary contracts, it was learned on Tuesday.

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00:15

3-Year Prison Term Sought for Ex-Kadokawa Chairman...

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2025/08/19

Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday sought a three-year prison sentence for Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, former chairman of publisher Kadokawa Corp., for allegedly bribing a former executive of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee.

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00:11

KDDI Launches Service to Design Offices with AI,...

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2025/08/19

KDDI Corp. on Tuesday launched a new service to design and operate offices, factories, warehouses, stores and stadiums equipped with artificial intelligence and robots.

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00:12

Japan Steel Industry Urges Govt to Close Anti-Dumping...

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2025/08/19

The Japan Iron and Steel Federation and other industry groups have urged the government to establish a system soon to prevent the exploitation of "loopholes" that allow Chinese steel to avoid anti-dumping duties.

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00:10

Japan to Participate in Security Guarantees for Ukraine

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2025/08/19

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that the country will be involved in providing Ukraine with security guarantees to deter Russia from launching another invasion.

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00:13

JR Train Demand Strong during Bon Holiday

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2025/08/19

The number of passengers using the Shinkansen bullet train and limited express train services of six Japan Railways Group companies during this summer's "bon" holiday period in Japan increased 8pctfrom a year earlier.

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00:10

SoftBank to Invest 2 B. Dollars in Intel

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2025/08/19

SoftBank Group Corp. said Monday that it will invest 2 billion dollars in Intel Corp. to promote semiconductor innovation in the United States.

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00:11

Kyoto Univ. Group Successfully Creates Jawbone from...

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2025/08/19

A Kyoto University research group has said it became the first in the world to create 3D jawbone-like organoids from human induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.

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00:12

80 Years On: State Policy Victimized Manchuria Pioneers

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2025/08/19

Hiroyoshi Takizawa, who moved to Manchuria, in today's northeastern China, at the age of 8 as part of a pioneer group, was forced to flee for about three weeks, after the former Soviet Union's invasion.

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00:17

Hon Hai, SoftBank to Jointly Make Data Center...

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2025/08/19

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will work with Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. to make equipment related to artificial intelligence data centers in Ohio, local media quoted Young Liu, chairman of the Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer, as saying on Monday.

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